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Misguiding Spirits
What can you do with it? Keep in mind the fundamentals of moral logic. Stated more expansively, I’m asking that you make that conscious effort to defer to your convictions, written on your heart by the finger of God. Keep … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, fellowship, mysticism, Satan, spirituality, virtual communion
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Reviewing Darkness 04
On the one hand, we recognize that the typical Western Christian image of demons is comical, and tragically misguided. The popular mythology of “spiritual warfare” is a big joke to Satan. It’s another distraction that keeps folks from paying attention … Continue reading
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Tagged christian mysticism, parable, Satan, scripture
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Reviewing Darkness 03
We teach that the essence of the Fall is usurping the authority of the heart by placing reason on the throne of the soul. God does not commune with our intellects, but with our hearts. He writes His revelation there … Continue reading
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Tagged Creation, faith, heart-led, intellectual culture, religion, Satan, Western Christian mythology
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Reviewing Darkness 02
By now we should understand that the term “demon possession” conjures a wholly bogus image of how things actually work. The question is not binary; all of us suffer some demonic presence in our lives to varying degrees. There is … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, Creation, culture, heart-mind, intellect, psychology, Satan, scripture
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Reviewing Darkness 01
Let’s take a fresh look at the Dark Side, shall we? Take a moment to refocus your awareness in your heart-mind. Get a good grip on the moral anchorage of your convictions, because we need to face some stormy truth. … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient civilizations, ANE, heart-mind, history, intellect, intellectual culture, Satan, scripture
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Gospel Missions
Sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. No matter where you touch the living truth, it always leads to other things. The Western tendency to make thinking discrete and linear, with binary logic, is a major hurdle to overcome … Continue reading
Our Crazy Ancient New Religion 4
Satan cannot create anything; all he can do is pervert what God has said and done. You don’t have to buy into what follows in terms of the details. It’s just my opinion, my way of addressing something that comes … Continue reading
Our Crazy Ancient New Religion 3
What’s the difference between a demon and delusion? In the Old Testament we see little mention of the Devil. He’s there in Eden, mentioned briefly in relation to Saul’s torment, Job, and a few other places. This is not the … Continue reading
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Tagged heart-mind, propaganda, religion, Satan, scripture, shalom, sin, spirituality
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The Urge to Torment
Sometimes it’s not enough to say it comes from Satan; in our culture that can serve to dismiss any number of horrible sins and leave us no way to uproot them from our own souls. The psychology of Christian Mysticism … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, bureaucracy, moral discernment, mysticism, psychology, Satan, The Cult, torture
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Satan and the Fall
We see “the Serpent” in Genesis 3, and it’s just a poetic term for Satan. The Hebrew word for “snake” is nakawsh (naw-kawsh) — doesn’t that sound like a snake? Say it drawing out the last syllable for dramatic emphasis. … Continue reading